![]() ![]() I was a college kid in 1975 when the first season became a sensation among us kids, then lost touch with it during its downswing in the 1980s, became reacquainted with its stars but not a viewer during the 1990s, and then started watching regularly again around 2005 when my own kids became part of that generation's devotees. I don't know why you'd want to read this all-encompassing history of SNL if you're not a fan, but if you are a fan, or if you were a fan during your generation's incarnation of the ever-morphing series, this is just incredible stuff. ![]() And as we're already nearly halfway to the half century mark, with no signs of slowing down, expect future updates. Originally published at the thirty year mark at 600 pages, this edition was updated to add coverage of the ensuing ten years, increasing to 800 pages in print and topping 28 hours in audio run time. Exhaustive but hardly exhausting history of Saturday Night Live over its first forty years. ![]()
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